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Blas L. Valero-Garcés

Blas L. Valero-Garcés

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Environmental Sciences
Spain
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
67
Citations
12419
World Ranking
2025
National Ranking
51

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Blas L. Valero-Garcés is a researcher affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their work predominantly focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with extensive investigations into subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.

The primary topics addressed in their research include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, and Cryospheric studies and observations.

Key recent publications by Blas L. Valero-Garcés include:

  • Strong continentality and effective moisture drove unforeseen vegetation dynamics since the last interglacial at inland Mediterranean areas: The Villarquemado sequence in NE Iberia (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • A unique Pyrenean varved record provides a detailed reconstruction of Mediterranean vegetation and land-use dynamics over the last three millennia (2021, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • 700,000 years of tropical Andean glaciation (2022, Nature)
  • Bronze Age to Medieval vegetation dynamics and landscape anthropization in the southern-central Pyrenees (2021, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology)
  • Recent and historical pollution legacy in high altitude Lake Marboré (Central Pyrenees): A record of mining and smelting since pre-Roman times in the Iberian Peninsula (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)

They have published frequently in journals such as Quaternary Science Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment, Scientific Reports, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America.

Blas L. Valero-Garcés collaborates regularly with several researchers, including Ana Moreno, Juan Pablo Corella, David McGee, Matías Frugone-Álvarez, and Penélope González-Sampériz, with many joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Stable isotope records of Late Quaternary climate and hydrology from Mediterranean lakes : the ISOMED synthesis

    Neil Roberts;M.D. Jones;A. Benkaddour;W. J. Eastwood

  • Climate variability in the Spanish Pyrenees during the last 30,000 yr revealed by the El Portalet sequence

    P. González-Sampériz;B.L. Valero-Garcés;A. Moreno;G. Jalut

  • The Medieval Climate Anomaly in the Iberian Peninsula reconstructed from marine and lake records

    Ana Moreno;Ana Pérez;Jaime Frigola;Vanesa Nieto-Moreno

  • Steppes, savannahs, forests and phytodiversity reservoirs during the Pleistocene in the Iberian Peninsula

    Penélope González-Sampériz;Suzanne A. G. Leroy;José S. Carrión;Santiago Fernández

  • Lateglacial and Holocene palaeohydrology in the western Mediterranean region: the Lake Estanya record (NE Spain)

    Mario Morellón;Blas Valero-Garcés;Teresa Vegas-Vilarrúbia;Penélope González-Sampériz

  • Arid and humid phases in southern Spain during the last 4000 years: the Zoñar Lake record, Córdoba

    Celia Martín-Puertas;Blas L. Valero-Garcés;M. Pilar Mata;Penélope González-Sampériz

  • Palaeolimnological evidence for an east-west climate see-saw in the Mediterranean since AD 900

    Neil Roberts;Ana Moreno;Blas L. Valero-Garcés;Juan Pablo Corella

  • A 22,000 14C year BP sediment and pollen record of climate change from Laguna Miscanti (23°S), northern Chile

    M Grosjean;J.F.N van Leeuwen;W.O van der Knaap;M.A Geyh

  • A speleothem record of glacial (25-11.6 kyr BP) rapid climatic changes from northern Iberian Peninsula

    Ana Moreno;Ana Moreno;Heather Stoll;Montserrat Jiménez-Sánchez;Isabel Cacho

  • Flood response to rainfall variability during the last 2000 years inferred from the Taravilla Lake record (Central Iberian Range, Spain)

    Ana Moreno;Ana Moreno;Blas L. Valero-Garcés;Penélope González-Sampériz;Mayte Rico

  • The Little Ice Age in Iberian mountains

    M. Oliva;J. Ruiz-Fernández;M. Barriendos;G. Benito

  • Late Holocene climate variability in the southwestern Mediterranean region: an integrated marine and terrestrial geochemical approach

    C. Martín-Puertas;F. Jiménez-Espejo;F. Martínez-Ruiz;V. Nieto-Moreno

  • A review of 2000 years of paleoclimatic evidence in the Mediterranean

    Jürg Luterbacher;Ricardo García-Herrera;Sena Akcer-On;Rob Allan

  • Asynchroneity of maximum glacier advances in the central Spanish Pyrenees

    José M. García-Ruiz;Blas L. Valero-Garcés;Carlos Martí-Bono;Penélope González-Sampériz

  • Patterns of human occupation during the early Holocene in the Central Ebro Basin (NE Spain) in response to the 8.2 ka climatic event.

    P. González-Sampériz;P. Utrilla;C. Mazo;B. Valero-Garcés

  • First human impacts and responses of aquatic systems: A review of palaeolimnological records from around the world

    Nathalie Dubois;Nathalie Dubois;Émilie Saulnier-Talbot;Keely Mills;Peter Gell

  • Holocene climate variability, vegetation dynamics and fire regime in the central Pyrenees: The Basa de la Mora sequence (NE Spain)

    A. Pérez-Sanz;P. González-Sampériz;A. Moreno;B. Valero-Garcés

  • Climate changes and human activities recorded in the sediments of Lake Estanya (NE Spain) during the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age

    Mario Morellón;Blas Valero-Garcés;Penélope González-Sampériz;Teresa Vegas-Vilarrúbia

  • Early to Mid-Holocene Aridity in Central Chile and the Southern Westerlies: The Laguna Aculeo Record (34°S)

    Bettina Jenny;Blas L. Valero-Garcés;Rodrigo Villa-Martínez;Roberto Urrutia

  • Environmental and climate change in the southern Central Pyrenees since the Last Glacial Maximum: A view from the lake records

    Penélope González-Sampériz;Josu Aranbarri;Josu Aranbarri;Josu Aranbarri;Ana Pérez-Sanz;Graciela Gil-Romera

  • Northern Iberian abrupt climate change dynamics during the last glacial cycle: A view from lacustrine sediments

    Ana Moreno;Penélope González-Sampériz;Mario Morellón;Mario Morellón;Blas L. Valero-Garcés

Frequent Co-Authors

Penélope González-Sampériz
Penélope González-Sampériz Spanish National Research Council
Santiago Giralt
Santiago Giralt Geociencias Barcelona (GEO3BCN - CSIC)
Ana Moreno
Ana Moreno Spanish National Research Council
José María García-Ruiz
José María García-Ruiz Spanish National Research Council
Alberto Sáez
Alberto Sáez University of Barcelona
Ana Navas
Ana Navas Spanish National Research Council
Antje Schwalb
Antje Schwalb Technische Universität Braunschweig
Gerardo Benito
Gerardo Benito Spanish National Research Council
Juan I. López-Moreno
Juan I. López-Moreno Spanish National Research Council
José S. Carrión
José S. Carrión University of Murcia

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